The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said Wednesday morning he thinks a new deal will be in place for goalie Tuukka Rask by the end of the week.

"I feel confident that we’ll get a deal done with Rask in short order," Chiarelli said.

The deal could be done before free agents can sign with new teams Friday, but the general manager is comfortable if it goes beyond that as well.

The 26-year-old Rask is expected to get a long-term extension worth at least $6 million a year. The general manager met with agent Bill Zito over the weekend at the NHL draft in New Jersey.

Chiarelli has a certain amount of cap space roped off for Rask that he won’t use on free agents.

Backup goalie Anton Khudobin will likely go to market because of Rask not being done yet, but Chiarelli is hopeful to bring him back. Chiarelli said Khudobin would like to stay with Boston.

Other notes:

- Chiarelli said the primary task in free agency is to "reconstruct" the right side of the forward lines.

Top-line right wing Nathan Horton is leaving and Jaromir Jagr was told last week he would not be returning to the Bruins, although Chiarelli said the Bruins may "circle back" to Jagr now that they know Horton is gone.

Chiarelli said the Bruins will have interviews with some free agents Wednesday and Thursday as well as explore possible trades. Chiarelli spoke to a few agents Wednesday morning on his drive to TD Garden.

"I want to do a thorough sweep of those guys," he said of adding a right wing. "With Nathan gone, we’ve got to look to our right side to assess how we’re going to reconstruct our right side. We’ve got players from within that may be able to fill. We want to do a sweep of these players that may be available in trade and free agency. I’d like to think that we’re a destination for an older player, older relatively speaking, that wants a chance to win, so I’ve got to canvass that."

Jordan Caron is also a possibility to play the right wing with the varsity.

- The Bruins did not make a serious offer for Vincent Lecavalier, who signed a five-year, $22.5 million contract with the Flyers on Tuesday. Chiarelli met with Lecavalier on Saturday, but didn’t pursue him.

"I think I had a couple conversations with the agent following that and at the end of the day it was just something I wasn’t prepared to do, although I could have joined the bidding for Vinny," he said. "But at that point I just made the decision not to go forward with it."

- Chiarelli wasn’t sure if he could speak openly about specific unsigned free agents and declined a question about Daniel Alfredsson.